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The simple past tense of the verb to be:

This page will present the simple past tense

of the verb to be:

its form

and its use.

The affirmative form:

I, he, she, it was.you, we, they were.

Examples:

I was in London in 1999. Pam was in London in 1999, too.

We were together.

She was my girlfriend.


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THE INTERROGATIVE FORM:Examples:

o Were you in London last year?

o Was Pam with you?

o Were you together?

Was I, he, she, it?

Were you, we, they?

THE NEGATIVE FORM:

I, you, he, she was not.wasn't.

You, we, they were not.weren't.

Examples:

o I wasn't in Paris in 1999.

o Pam wasn't in Paris in 1999.

o We weren't in Paris.


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REMEMEBER:

1. wasn't is the short form of was not. You can say either:

I was not in Paris, or

I wasn't in Paris.

2. weren't is the short form of were not. You can say either:

we were not in Paris, or

we weren't in Paris


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Put the verb "to be" into the simple past:

1. I was in Canada last summer holiday.2. My sister was with me.

3. We were in Montreal.

4. She was very happy.

5. I was happy, too.

Put the verb "to be" into the simple present or the simple past:

1. I am /'m an engineer.

2. Last year I was a student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

3. I was in love with a beautiful girl at that time. We were friends

4. Now, I live in New York and I am /'m married to her.


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The simple past tense is used to talk about actions

that happened at a specific time in the past. You

state when it happened using a time adverb.

This work will present the simple past tense:

its form

and its use.

Before you continue the lesson read the following

passage and try to see how the verbs are formed and

used.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian music ian and composer. He lived from 1756to 1791. He started composing at the age of five years old and wrote more than 600 pieces

of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.The verbs "was, lived, started, wrote, di ed" are in the simple past tense.

Notice that:

lived, started,died are regular past forms. was, wrote are irregular past forms.


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The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past

forms. The rule is the following:

Verb + ed

Examples:


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The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past

forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be";

"wrote" is the simple past of "write".

There is no rule for these verbs. You should

learn them by heart.


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The Affirmative form of the simple past:

I, you, he, she, it,we, they

played.wrote

did.

Examples:

I played tennis with my friends yesterday.

I finished lunch and I did my homework.


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The interrogative form of the

simple past:

Did I, you, he, she, it,we, theyPlay?write

do?

Examples:

Did you play basketball yesterday?

Did you watch television?

Did you do the homework?


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The negative form of the

simple past:

I, you, he, she, it,we, they

did notdidn't

playwrite

do

Examples:

I didn't like the food in thewedding last Saturday.

I didn't eat it.


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didn't is the short form ofdid not. You can say either:I did not play basketball, orI didn't play basketball.


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Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.

2. It (be) was fantastic.

3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with

two friends of mine .

4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of

London.

5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.

6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.

7. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.

8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.

9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Infinitive Simple Past1. meet met2. drive drove3. speak spoke4. put put5. write wrote6. sing sang7. do did8. sit sat9. stand stood10. run ran


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COMPLETE THE TABLE IN SIMPLEPAST.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book. He did not write abook.

Did he write a book?

He sang. He did not sing Did he sing?

She was pretty. She was not pretty. Was she pretty?


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Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / the bus / missJanet missed the bus.

2. She / her room / tidy She tidied her room.

3. Nancy / watch / not / televisionNancy did not watch television.

4. She / read / bookShe read a book.

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house.We moved to a new house.

2. They bring a sandwich .They brought a sandwich.

3. He doesn't do the homework.He did not do the homework.

4. They sell cars.They sold cars.

5. Does he visit his friends?Did he visit his friends?

Choose "Was or "Were:

1. The teacher was nice.

2. The students were very clever.

3. But one student was in trouble.

4. We were sorry for him.

5. He was nice though.


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Irregular Verbs
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SIMPLE PAST QUESTIONS

Questions in simple past are the same as in the simple present. There are 2 types:

Did

Was/Were

STRUCTURE

V

Examples:

Did you eat yesterday?

Did they go to the store last week?


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STRUCTURE

Examples:

Was he tired last night?

Were they late this morning?


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Put in the correct verb form into the gap. Use Simple Past.

Example: ___ they ______ their friends? (to meet)

Answer: Did they meet their friends?

Did you close the door? -> (to close)

Did Claire finish the housework? -> (to finish)

Did he have a bath yesterday? -> (to have)

Did the boy jump into the lake? -> (to jump)

Did Ronald visit the Tower of London? -> (to visit)

Did Peggy and Olivia look after the baby? -> (to look)

Did she make the invitation cards herself? -> (to make)

Did the girl drop the ketchup bottle? -> (to drop)

Did Tim buy the green T-shirt last Monday? -> (to buy)

Did they practise karate this morning? -> (to practise)


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Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use Simple Past.

Example: ____________ their friends? (they/to meet)

Answer: Did they meet their friends?

1. Did the dog run after the cat? -> (the dog/to run)

2. Did you take photos when you were on holiday? -> (you/to take)

3. Did Steven listen to music yesterday evening? -> (Steven/to listen)

4. Did the ladies have a cup of tea in the caf? -> (the ladies/to have)

5. Did Nancy send text messages during the French lesson? -> (Nancy/to send)

6. Did Melissa and Ruth wear pullovers last Friday? -> (Melissa and Ruth/to wear)

7. Did your brother say hello to people in the street? -> (your brother/to say)

8. Did the teacher open the windows in your classroom? -> (the teacher/to open)

9. Did the girls in your class play chess two weeks ago? -> (the girls in your class/to play)

10. Did your mother make breakfast last morning? -> (your mother/to make)


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This is a sentence written in the simple, past tense:

We walked to the park yesterday.

Notice it has a subject [We], and a predicate, which includes a verb in the past tense

[walked].

To write the negative form of this sentence in the past tense, use this simple formula:


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DID is the past tenses of the verb DO. In this case, DID is used as an

auxiliary verb, and it indicates that the action takes place in the past. Since DID is

written in the past tense, the main verb is written in its basic form. The main verb is

NOT conjugated.

We walked to the park yesterday.

We did not walk to the park yesterday.

I went to the store yesterday.

I did not go to the store yesterday


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Types of questions:

There are two types of questions:

Yes or no questions

Wh questions

STRUCTURE

WH questions in simple present use do or be:

WH Questions with "do"


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Question words Meaning Exampleswho person Who's that? That's Nancy.

where place Where do you live? In Bostonwhy reason Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up earlywhen time When do you go to work? At 7:00how manner How do you go? By carwhat object, idea or action What do you do? I am an engineerwhich choice Which one do you prefer? The red one.whose possession Whose is this book? It's Alan's.whom object of the verb Whom did you meet? I met the manager.

what kind description What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songswhat time time What time did you come home?how many quantity (countable) How many students are there? There are twenty.how much amount, price (uncountable) How much time have we got? Ten minuteshow long duration, length How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.how often frequency How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.how far distance How far is your school? It's one mile far.how old age How old are you? I'm 16.how come reason How come I didn't see at the party?


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1. If you ask about the subject

of the sentence, simply add

the question word at the

beginning:

2. If you ask about the predicate

of the sentence (the part of a

sentence which contains the verb

and gives information about the

subject), there are three options:

Example:

James writes good poems.

Who writes good pems?

Examples:

He can speakChinese.What

can he speak?


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Examples:

He can speakChinese.

What can he speak?

They are leavingtonight.

When are they leaving?

Example:

The play was interesting.

Howwas the play?

2 . I f y o u a s k a b o u t t h e p r e d i c a t e o f t h e s e n t e n c e ( t h e p a r t o f a

s e n t e n c e w h i c h c o n t a i n s t h e v e r b a n d g i v e s i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e

s u b j e c t ) , t h e r e a r e t h r e e o p t i o n s :

If there is a helping (auxilary) verb that precedes the main verb

(for example, can, is, are, was, were, will, would...), add the

question word and invert the subject and the helping (auxilary)

verb.

If you ask about the predicate and there is no

helping (auxilary) verb and the verb is "to be",

simply add the question verb and invert the

subject and the verb.


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I f t h e r e i s n o h e l p i n g ( a u x i l a r y ) v e r b i n t h e t h e p r e d i c a t e a n d t h e

m a i n v e r b i s n o t " t o b e " , a d d t h e a u x i l a r y " d o " i n t h e a p p r o p r i a t e

f o r m .

Examples:

They go to the movies every Saturday. Where do they go to the movies?

He wakes up early. When does he wake up?

They sent a letter. What did they send?


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Choose the correct question words.

1. Where do you live?

2. Who 's that girl?

3. How do you go to school?

4. When do banks open?

5. Why are you wearing that coat?

Write questions about the words in bold.

1. They went to Spain. - Where did they go?2. He writes novels. - What does he write?3. Lacy likes soccer. - Who likes soccer?4. The girls watched a serial. - What did the girls watch?5. He discovered the truth - What did he discover?

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